page_title: Easby Hall, Richmond
section_title: The Jaques family
hierarchical_section_title: Easby Hall, Richmond / The Jaques family
caption_attribution_description: English: Leonard Jaques (far right) of Easby Hall in 1906
context_page_description: Easby Hall near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. Built in 1729 by the Reverend William Smith, Easby Hall became the home of many notable people for the next two and a half centuries. It now provides bed and breakfast accommodation and is a venue for special events.
context_section_description: Robert Jaques (1769–1842) was a gentleman and a breeder of race horses. After he bought the Easby Estate in 1816 he turned the property into a breeding stud. His son wrote a book on the history of the stud in 1860 and outlines the many famous racing horses that his father owned. Robert was born in 1769 in Bedale, Yorkshire. He and his brother became merchants in London and both acquired considerable fortunes. In 1808 he married Sarah Whittaker and the couple had two sons and one daughter. Unfortunately she died in 1814. Shortly after he married Mary Lunn and the couple had a daughter Sarah who was born in 1816 in Easby Hall. When he died in 1842 his eldest son Richard Machel Jaques inherited the property.
  Richard Machel Jaques (1809–1889) was born in 1809. He was educated at the University of Cambridge. In 1836 he married Frances Hickes who was the daughter and heiress of Fowler Hickes of Silton Hall. For several years before he inherited Easby Hall he lived at St. Trinians Hall which is nearby. The couple had seven children – four sons and three daughters. He continued running the Easby Estate as a race horse stud for some time and then later became prominent as a breeder of shorthorn cattle and Berkshire pigs. For while he undertook some mining ventures but this was not a success. Richard died in 1889 and in his obituary he was described as "a country gentleman of the old school, and a fine specimen of the Yorkshire squire. He was universally popular in the North-Riding, being a true sportsman, a considerate landlord, a kind neighbour, an excellent judge of livestock, and a first-rate farmer". He was succeeded by his eldest son Leonard Jaques.
  Leonard Jaques (1839–1916) was born in 1839 in Easby. In 1864 he married Agatha Eliza Boddam, daughter of Colonel Alexander Boddam-Whetham of Kirklington Hall. The couple bought Wentbridge House near Pontefract and had two sons there. Unfortunately Agatha died in 1882. In 1885 Leonard married Mary Clara Partridge (1848–1932) who was the daughter and sole heiress of Rev. William Edwards Partridge owner of Horsenden House. When her father died in 1886 Mary inherited the Horsenden Estate and this property then came into the Jaques family. Leonard inherited Easby Hall when his father died in 1889 and in 1900 added the south wing which still bears his initials.
  Leonard died in 1916 and his son Robert Harold Whetham Jaques (1875–1953) inherited the Hall. In 1918 he married Bertha Hibbert (1891–1923) however she died in 1923 in Monte Carlo when they were on a touring holiday. He died in 1953 and the estate was sold in 1955.
caption: Leonard Jaques (extreme right) at the unveiling of the Willances Memorial in 1906
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